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...thine infamy turn not away. Vada Hill Lydia Jackson Teresa Hord Hope Lewis

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ...Cont. | 10/19/1981 | See Source »

Theresa D. Hord '82 said yesterday simple things like not being able to cross the street and having to catch the shuttle at Quincy Square annoy her most. "My gripe is that it has made things inconvenient for students. Things could have been done better," she said...

Author: By Elizabeth H. Wiltshire, | Title: Assorted By-Products of Red Line Extension Noise, Agitation, Vibration and Congestion | 9/25/1979 | See Source »

Unfortunately the captain's paradise is close to some of the choice fishing streams and game forests in the neighborhood. Captain Hord seemed to spend more time running off trespassers, complaining to the sheriff and fencing off his five acres than he spent fishing and hunting. A strong antipathy grew up between the Hords and the natives. At the end of last summer, before he went back to his home in Rockport, Texas, Captain Hord worked out an elaborate plan to secure his dream house against trespassers. Inside the pantry he set up a loaded .22-cal. pistol. Only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COLORADO: The Captain's Paradise | 7/12/1954 | See Source »

...inside of three closet doors, he set up others. He fastened deadly cyanide bombs (used thereabouts to kill coyotes) in such a way that they would spurt gas into the face of anyone who opened the doors. Mrs. Hord painted signs (including one adorned with skull and crossbones) on the fence and the heavy wooden win dow coverings, with the warning: DANGER. EXPLOSIVES SET TO KILL - KEEP...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COLORADO: The Captain's Paradise | 7/12/1954 | See Source »

Last week the Hords got back to their cabin for the summer. When Judy Hord pulled back the curtains in the darkened living room, she and her husband were dismayed to see the picture window shattered, bullet holes on the wall and bullet scars across the ceiling. Unfriendly hunters had used their house for target prac tice. Captain Herd's anger grew to fury. He sent his wife off to get the sheriff, stormed through the house cutting the cords that triggered the cyanide bombs. When he got to the pantry, the furious, forgetful captain yanked open the door...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COLORADO: The Captain's Paradise | 7/12/1954 | See Source »

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